Tie rack



Sept 3, 1929. R, BEE 1,727,269

TIE RACK Filed sept. '14, 192e INVENTOR v Reben? .ZV30/a mmf.

ATTORNEY' Patented Sept. 3, 19,29.

PATENT oFFlcE.

ROBERT L. BEE, 0F BINGHAH CANYON, UTAH.

TIE RACK.

Application led September 14, 1928. Serial No. 305,995.

This invention relates to tie racks. An Aobject of the invention is the provision of a tie rack including a horizontal bar which is provided with a plurality of pointed elements to engage the tie and prevent slippage of the ties from the supporting bar.'

Another object of the invention is the provision of a tie rack having a horizontally disposed bar, a vertically disposed bracket, and connecting means between the bracket and bar, said bar connecting means and brackets being formed of a single strip of metal.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a tie rack formed of a single strip of metal and which includes a horizontally disposed tie supporting member having a plurality of pointed elements to prevent slippage of the ties, a horizontally disposed connecting member for the tie supporting means, and a bracket, said bracket being adapted to provide means for securing an supporting the tie supporting means in Q spaced relation with a fixed support.

This invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description in connection with the accompanying drawings; nevertheless, it is to be understood that the invention is not confined to the disclosure being susce tible of such changes and modications as s all define no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a preferred term of my invention, v Y

Figure 2 is a plan .view of the same,'

Figure 3 is a vertical section taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Figure ft is a view in perspective of a modihed form ci the invention,

Figure 5 is a transverse vertical sectionof the tie rack shown in Fig. 4.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1 to 3 inclusive, a tie rack is'illustrated formed of a single stri of metal which is bent intermediate its en 'generally designated. by the numeral 10;. This bracket includes a bridging portion 11 and inturned side portions 12'.l The inturned legs 12 are bent inwardly as shown at 13 and at right angles to the plane of the bracket 10. The remaining ortions of the strip ci metal between the en and the portion 13 are bent at right angles to the portion 13 and in opposite directions tcyprovlde tie supporting to forma U-shaped bracket bars 14. These bars lie in the same plane with the portion 13'and are connected to the bracket 10 by means ofthe portion 13.

Pointed elements 15 project in a vertical plane from the upper surface of the bar 14 and are adapted to engage the tie in a penetrating manner to maintain theties against slippage from the bars 14. ln order to support the pins 15 in the bars 14, said bars are provided with a plurality of spaced passages 1n which the inner end of the pins are forced and in this case the diameters or' the passages are slightly less than the diameters of the pins.

The pins may be held in position in the passages in the bars 14 by providing passages in the bars of the same diameter as the diameter'of the pins. Portions ofthe bars ata point where the pins have entered the passages may be compressed for clamping the pins to the bars.

A spring retainin member 20 engages a notch 21 in the bri ging portion 1`1 and is secured in'an ornamental member 22 which may assume the shape of the head of an'animal. The head in this case is formed of clay or plaster ot' Paris and the spring member 20 eing rigid with the head will retain the rear portion of the head in dat engagement with the bracket 10.

A modified forni is shown in Fig. 4, and is formed-,of a flat strip of metal instead of the cylindrical strip ofmetal shown in Figs. 1

to 3, inclusive. In this instance one end of the dat strip of metal is rolled to forma tubular member 30 which has its free end, as shown at 31, disposed betweenv the flangedportions 32. The intermediate portion 33 of the flange 32 is located in a vertical plane as are the teeth 34. Said teeth are adapted to engage the material of the ties and pre vent slippage of the same from the cylindrical bar 30.

Projecting laterally and at right angles to the intermediate ortion 33 of the flange is a section 40 havin depending reinforcing flanges 41. Each ange 41 has a right angular extension 42 and'which in turn is provided with' an integrally formed parallel portion e3 acting as a reinforcing memberl for the extension 42. A bracketin the form of a plate 50 entends upwardly from the member e@ and has reinforcing inturned ianges 51. A 52 projects inwardly and upwardly trom the upper end of the ange o the yplate 50 and is adapted to be inserted ice in an o ning in the head, for maintaining strip, portions of the strip between the ends the hea in position on the bracket late 50. of t-he bracket being bent at right angles to The bracket late 50 is provided wit a perthe plane of the bracket, the remaining porl5 foration 53 adapted to receiveascrew or tack tions of the strip towards the end thereof 5 for securing said bracket plate to a fixed Asu being bent opposite vto each other and at right port, while the bracket 10 is provided wit angles to the last mentioned bent portions of passages 54 through which are inserted nails the legs to provide tie supporting bars, said 55 for secliring said bracket to a xed supbars being provided with pointed elements 20 port. adapted to coact with the ties to prevent slipl. I claim: page of said ties" from the bars.

A tie rack comprising a bracket formed from the bent intermediate portion of a metal ROBERT L. BEE. 

